NikonUSA Ambassador and Natgeo photographer, writer, filmmaker and speaker Ami Vitale has been creating unique stories that amplify the work of communities on the front lines of conservation. Her award-winning work illuminates the unsung heroes and communities working to protect wildlife and finding harmony in our natural world.

Ami has been called one of the most influential photographers of her generation and is the 2022 Conservationorg Innovators Fellow. In 2022, she was awarded with prestigious prizes from both the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service and the Lucie Humanitarian Award. instylemagazine named Ami one of fifty Badass Women, a series celebrating women who show up, speak up and get things done. She appeared alongside a group of incredible women including Jane Goodall, Christiane Amanpour, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Ami has been named Magazine photographer of the year in the International Photographer of the Year prize, received the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting and is a six-time recipient of World Press Photos and author of the best-selling book, Panda Love, on the secret lives of pandas. Her film, Shaba, is an Official Selection at the Wildscreen festival. Ami lectures for the National Geographic LIVE series and will be featured on National Geographic Channel Explorer tv series in 2023.

Ami is also a philanthropist and is supporting conservation organizations through innovative campaigns. She is the founder and Executive Director of the women-led non-profit @Vital. Impacts which uses art to engage youth and they recently established a grant and mentoring program to support the next generation of environmental storytellers.